[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16986]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING MOTHER NORMA L. BURRELL

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 28, 2010

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, on September 25th through September 30th 
the Northeast Michigan (Historic First) Jurisdiction Church of God in 
Christ, Incorporated is holding its 59th Jurisdictional Women's 
Convention at Civic Heights Church of God in Christ in my hometown of 
Flint, Michigan. The host will be Mt. Zion District Superintendent 
Samuel Marsh, District Missionary is Jessie Wortham and Bishop P.A. 
Brooks is the Jurisdictional Prelate, First Assistant Presiding Bishop, 
Church of God in Christ Worldwide.
  Presiding at the Convention is Mother Norma L. Burrell, 
Jurisdictional Supervisor. Mother Burrell has an extensive history of 
church service going back to 1955 when she received her Missionary's 
License. She has served under and received appointments from each 
successive Supervisor of Women in the Historic First Jurisdiction of 
Michigan since that time. Mother Burrell is the 7th Supervisor in the 
Succession. She has also held appointments in the National Women's 
Department of the Church of God in Christ for more than 50 years.
  Mother Burrell attended Baker Business College, Cortez Peters College 
of Business and Northwestern University. When she retired from Child 
and Family Services after 29 years of service, she was the Comptroller 
of Finance. She was married to the late Pastor Arthur George Burrell 
and has three children from a previous marriage.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Mother Norma L. 
Burrell as she presides over the 59th Jurisdictional Women's 
Convention. I pray that the attendees benefit from her spiritual 
guidance, her deep faith in Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and draw 
inspiration from her enthusiasm for spreading the Gospel.

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